We have fought to the Arctic Circle, and you want me to inherit the throne?

The Gunpowder Department is located in the most remote courtyard in the entire inner city.

Originally, there were several other departments of the Institute of Industrial Development next to it, but they gradually applied to Li Che to move out.

It's nothing, it's just too scary.

Many officials of the Gongzheng Institute have seen the power of gunpowder. It is no exaggeration to say that it has the power to destroy the world.

It's scary enough that the Gunpowder Department deals with these things every day, and they make some noise every few days, which is even more frightening.

The explosion attracted the guards at the door. Li Che could no longer sit still and rushed to the Gunpowder Department under the protection of his guards.

As soon as I arrived, I saw the door of the Gunpowder Department was wide open, and there was a loud noise of people and horses falling to the ground coming from inside.

Qiu Bai led his men in through the door, only to see a middle-aged man in official robes running out madly:

"Hahaha, it worked! I, Chen Zidu, did it!"

Li Che looked at the middle-aged man helplessly, and said to Hu Qiang beside him: "Go, hit him twice, let him calm down!"

Hu Qiang nodded foolishly, strode towards Chen Gui, and was about to slap him on the head with a palm-leaf fan.

Li Che was suddenly shocked. Wouldn't Hu Qiang's slap on his face make his face covered with bruises?

He quickly stopped her: "You idiot, I didn't ask you to beat him to death!"

Hu Qiang stopped immediately and looked at Li Che in confusion.

Rules are not necessarily dead, but Hu Qiang’s mind is definitely dead.

Li Che had no way to deal with this guy with a short circuit of thought, so he could only say: "Go, hang him on the beam."

"Oh." Hu Qiang received a clear instruction and immediately walked forward and grabbed Chen Gui who was dancing with joy, and then hung him on the beam like a lantern.

Chen Gui was jumping around like a madman, but suddenly he felt something empty under him, as if he was hanging in the air.

He blinked his eyes and immediately calmed down a lot.

"Um, Your Highness?" Chen Gui's eyes became clear again, and he saw clearly that the person coming was Li Che.

Li Che ignored him and walked into the Gunpowder Department to check it out.

Although Chen Gui is a little crazy, he is not stupid.

The Gunpowder Department's testing ground was independent of the house, in the empty backyard, a long distance away from the warehouse where gunpowder was stored.

Li Che arrived at the testing ground and saw a group of frightened clerks hiding in the distance, and a group of flushed-faced craftsmen gathered around something and discussed loudly.

When I looked closer, I saw it was half a pig.

Only the burnt back half was left; the front half had disappeared.

Looking around, I found the other half on a branch of a tree.

Li Che sighed slightly.

It's okay, not that crazy, and they even know to use animals instead of humans for experiments.

But where did this pig come from? Why does it look so similar to the pig raised by Old Li’s family in the east of the city?

"Are you calm now?" Li Che looked up at Chen Gui on the beam.

Chen Gui said honestly: "Calm down."

"Put him down." Li Che said to Hu Qiang.

Hu Qiang reached out and took Chen Gui off and placed him in front of Li Che.

"Tell me, what's going on?" Li Che asked as he reached out and removed a piece of sticky pig skin stuck on Chen Gui's head.

The officials saw Li Che's actions and felt the same way, as if a warm current was flowing through their hearts.

Chen Gui was too excited to react, but instead shouted excitedly: "Your Highness, it's done! It's done!"

"The mines you told me about before have been successfully developed!"

"Oh?" Li Che suddenly became excited. "This pig was blown up by a landmine?"

"That's right. I've installed a mechanism in the receiver. When the enemy steps on the trigger, the rock in the receiver drops, turning the steel wheel. The rock rubs against the flint, igniting the mine and detonating it."

Mist grass!

Li Che looked at Chen Gui in shock.

Transmission mechanism, stepping stone fuse!

This kid is simply a genius!

"What's the trigger probability? How powerful is it? What's the false trigger rate? What's the cost?"

Li Che asked a series of questions, which made Chen Gui dizzy and hesitant.

"Tsk, there's no data?" Li Che said helplessly, "Then the experiment can't be considered a success. At least we have to make sure it's safe."

When it comes to landmines, stability is the most important thing.

Be careful not to let the enemy step on it and the mine explode when you bury it.

"This...I understand." Chen Gui felt a little disappointed.

Seeing this, Li Che smiled and patted Chen Gui's shoulder: "Alright, why are you looking so sad?"

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. And you've already come a long way. You only need one final step to get your foot in the door."

"Don't be discouraged. You are already very capable. You have lived up to my promise to entrust the Gunpowder Department to you."

Hearing Li Che's praise, Chen Gui suddenly felt as if he had drunk a glass of ice water in summer, and his whole body felt elated.

"But...your Gunpowder Bureau has to move to another place." Li Che changed the subject.

Chen Gui's face suddenly turned dark:

"Why, Your Highness?"

Wang Chongjian and other officials from the Institute of Works were delighted:

"Wise, Your Highness!"

Li Che said helplessly: "After all, you store a large amount of gunpowder here, and you have to conduct experiments every day. Whether you understand it or not, you make some noise, which makes other departments panic."

"My experiments are all here, not in the powder magazine," Chen Gui argued. "I finally developed the mine successfully, and this move will take a lot of time."

"That won't do!" Li Che said in a more serious tone, "Gunpowder is flammable, and the inner city is the administrative core of Feng State. We cannot afford to neglect it in the slightest."

It's no wonder that Li Che is nervous about this, because there is the precedent of the Apocalypse explosion in history.

On the sixth day of the fifth month of the sixth year of the Tianqi reign of the Ming Dynasty, an explosion occurred in the area near the Wanggongchang gunpowder depot in the southwest corner of Beijing, causing an explosion range with a radius of 750 meters and an area of ​​2.25 square kilometers, resulting in huge casualties of more than 2 people!

According to historical records, the huge sound of the explosion spread for hundreds of miles, the sky became as dark as night, the houses shook, and Ganoderma lucidum-shaped smoke clouds appeared in the sky.

There have been many different opinions about the truth behind the explosion for hundreds of years. Some people think it was caused by an earthquake, some say it was a gunpowder explosion, some think it was a meteorite falling, and some even say it was done by aliens.

But the most convincing theory is the gunpowder explosion, after all, the incident occurred at the Wanggongchang gunpowder depot.

Li Che didn't want this kind of thing to happen in Chaoyang City. After all, the Gunpowder Bureau was only 500 meters away from the government office and only a thousand meters away from the palace.

Especially this crazy Chen Gui, almost like a Frankenstein. One day he will rush into the palace with a bomb that has not been successfully tested to show off to me...

"I understand, your Highness." Chen Gui said dejectedly, "Then where does Your Highness plan to move us to?"

Li Che smiled and said, "Let's go outside the city."

"Ah?" Chen Gui suddenly became anxious and was about to speak.

Li Che added: "Don't worry, I plan to build an industrial park outside the city and move some factories there."

"The Gunpowder Department is one of the most important departments in Chaoyang City. I grant you priority in choosing a location for your factory."